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Journey to Jonstown #35: "some of the most creative, fun, and innovative work being put out right now"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Mar 2022
About the Jonstown Compendium, Scott, aka Orcus Dorcus, co-host of Titterpigs - the TTRPG Podcast says, "I don't think I am amiss in saying that some of the most creative, fun, and innovative work being put out right now is contained within the annals of the Jonstown Compendium. There
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Miskatonic Monday #48: check out a whole host of titles by indie Call of Cthulhu creators!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Mar 2022
2022 brings plenty to the Miskatonic Repository — check out this host of new titles by indie Call of Cthulhu creators!Mythos ArtifactsJon Hook, Seth Skorkowsky ($3.00, 20 page PDF)The Modern Mythos podcast, hosted by Jon Hook and Seth Skorkowsky, was launched in 2021. In it, Jon and Seth t
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Miskatonic Monday #47: The Catcott Collection - now available in print, preserved forever in the Bristol Archives as "an unusual re-use of our holdings"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Mar 2022
By Nick Brooke, community content ambassadorLast November, Peter Willington of the Staying In Podcast signed up to the Storytelling Collective’s month-long RPG Writer Workshop with the ambition of writing his first Call of Cthulhu scenario. Aided and abetted by the course’s
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Miskatonic Monday #46: Retiring the Monographs
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Feb 2022
Chaosium has officially retired its "Monograph" series, which between 2003 and 2013 released material for the Basic Roleplaying System and, under the Miskatonic University Library Association (MULA) imprint, for Call of Cthulhu.Established in 2003 and spearheaded by Dustin Wright, the monograph
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Community Content at Chaosium Con: what's happening, with the Council of Shoggoths
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Feb 2022
The Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium are Chaosium's thriving community content programs at DriveThruRPG for independent creators.Here, the Council of Shoggoths (organizing body of the Miskatonic Repository Con) discuss with James Coquillat what types of Community Content
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Journey to Jonstown #34: Unboxing A Duckload of Jonstown Compendium POD!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Jan 2022
"The one thing I've got to say about the Jonstown Compendium on DriveThruRPG, the supplements top tier – they are practically indistinguishable in terms of layout from fully professional releases."The Jonstown Compendium is Chaosium’s community content store for RuneQuest and Gloranthan gaming
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Miskatonic Monday #44: a host of new community content titles for December 2021
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Dec 2021
Here's a host of new titles in the Miskatonic Repository by independent Call of Cthulhu creators. Among these is Australian crime and horror writer Kat Clay's first foray into Call of Cthulhu scenario writing, and some from alumni of last month's RPG Writer Workshop, run by our friends at
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Journey to Jonstown #33: Happy Second Birthday to the Jonstown Compendium!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Dec 2021
It's the second birthday of the Jonstown Compendium, Chaosium’s community content store for RuneQuest and Gloranthan gaming on DriveThruRPG by independent creators!Nick Brooke, one of our helpful and dedicated community content ambassadors, charts the success of the program, and how i
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